All right, welcome on to another in our season outlook series discussing a team that I am very high on for this season.

I really am excited to discuss, and that is the Orlando Magic, joining us as a first-time guest.

Very appreciative of him coming on, Jason Beattie of the Orlando Sentinel.

How are you doing, man?

I'm doing good.

I'm doing good. I'm doing good.

It's in the trenches of training camp and preseason, and we're getting close to opening night.

So it's been fun so far.

Yeah, so let's talk about what this team was a season ago.

I think that unlike a lot of teams, yeah, they had the injuries, but I do think some of what

took place was informed of both in terms of what we can expect this year and also informing

their offseason moves.

So as you look back on last season, what were some of your main takeaways for this franchise?

Yeah, I think it was a long season.

I mean, it really, it just felt like every time they

had something going for themselves, there was something else. And, you know, I was at the game when

Palo Bencarus scored 50 points and they were flying high and then I was in Chicago, we got hurt,

and then I was in Cleveland when they revealed that he was hurt. And it was just, it was, it was,

it was really

crushing to be around and see that up close and and just see how crushed he was and you know

a month later or so Franz Wagner suffers the same injury and by the time those two guys are are back

and are almost back Jalen Suggs you know has his knee knee injury and it's ruled that he has to, you know, miss

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